- Commander William T. Riker: Did you come here for something in particular or just general Riker-bashing?
- Lt. Commander Data: Where is your mother?
- Gia: She died about a year ago. Father said she... she went to a beautiful place... where everything is peaceful, and everyone loves each other, and no one ever gets sick. Do you think there's really a place like that?
- [Data looks out the window to the moon]
- Lt. Commander Data: Yes... I do.
- [Riker is "talking" to Troi on his trombone]
- Counselor Deanna Troi: You know, this is a much better way of communicating for you. It's far less confusing than the way you normally speak.
- Commander William T. Riker: [after Troi has performed the engineering qualification test] Congratulations - you just destroyed the Enterprise.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Tell me one thing - is there a solution? Or is this simply a test of my ability to handle a no-win situation?
- Commander William T. Riker: There is a solution.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Then give me time to find it!
- Commander William T. Riker: I can't. As much as I care about you, my first duty is to the ship.
- [Troi has passed the bridge officer's test, having had to resort to a drastic command decision]
- Counselor Deanna Troi: I knew that was part of being in command, and I thought I'd prepared for it. But when the moment came, I hesitated. Maybe you were right, maybe I'm not cut out for this.
- Commander William T. Riker: You did exactly what you had to do. You considered all your options, you tried every alternative and then you made the hard choice. Come on. Let's get out of here, Commander.
- [last lines]
- Lt. Commander Data: Counselor - have you been promoted in my absence?
- Counselor Deanna Troi: That's right. Which means, from now on you can call me 'sir'.
- Lt. Commander Data: Yes, sir.
- Gia: We didn't know his real name. So we called him Jayden.
- [...]
- Gia: What was his real name?
- Commander William T. Riker: Data.
- Gia: Data... He was my friend too.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: The secondary plasma vent... has a triple redundant bypass... which means that the primary access junction is routed through...
- [doorbell bleeps]
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Come in.
- [Riker enters]
- Counselor Deanna Troi: ...would be routed through the port transducer... matrix!
- [first lines]
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: [voiceover] Bridge officer's log, stardate 47611.2. Doctor Beverly Crusher reporting. We have rendezvoused with Counsellor Troi's shuttlecraft. She has just returned from a three day class reunion on Starbase 231.